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Polyvinyl has announced Singles Series Vol. 3, which follows 2014’s Singles Series Vol. 2. Every month, subscribers to the series will receive a colored 7” vinyl with two songs from each participating artist, some signed to the label, others the......

It was an open invite to anyone over 18, and select participants were invited to dance with twigs at her Baltimore show. The whole thing was filmed for a new documentary presented by WeTransfer. Watch Baltimore Dance Project here.
“This is a......

Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold has continued to hint at new material from the band on his Instagram, and in the comments to some of these videos he has responded to fan questions about the upcoming album. The next Fleet Foxes album will apparently span......

Thundercat has announced a headlining world tour for 2017. The new dates begin February 13 in San Francisco, with two nights at the Independent, and will take the bassist/singer-songwriter throughout North America before he begins the European leg of......

Mogwai have announced a new tour for 2017, performing their latest album Atomic for the first time in the United States. The dates kick off January 18 in Los Angeles at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, and include shows in Chicago, Boston, and New York as......

Earlier today, Perfume Genius revealed in a tweet that he appears on “Temporarily Painless.” (The album credits confirm this.) Also according to the credits, Tobias Jesso Jr. has writing credits on two songs: “Same Old Story” and “Marching Into the......

But he also acknowledges how much he loves the album:
It’s also one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long time — and one of the most beautiful. It’s very strange. My younger self would never have tolerated an album this reprehensible, this......

Hot Chip's Joe Goddard has released a new track called “Lose Your Love.” The song is accompanied by a bizarre new video (directed by Fred Rowson) that takes place in a community center class. At first, it seems to be a kind of meditation or tai chi......

...have all shared new Christmas songs. Low’s song is called “Some Hearts (at Christmas Time),” and it arrives right before the band’s upcoming tour, where they’ll play songs from their 1999 Christmas EP. Listen to it below. In a press release, the......

Recently, Vic Mensa went to the Standing Rock Reservation to join with protestors against the construction of the North Dakota Access Pipeline. In a series of videos and posts, Mensa gives some background about the situation, expresses his solidarity......

Angel Olsen was a recent guest on the “Song Exploder” podcast, where she discussed how she made My Woman’s “Shut Up Kiss Me.” She revealed that the piano sections in the song were “a nod” to David Bowie’s “Changes.” She also talked about an injury......

Stones Throw Records have announced a vinyl subscription service for 2017. The series will include every new release from the label, including “albums, EPs, 45s, box sets, and special edition reissues.” The subscription service begins on January 1......

Back in May, Woods performed at Nashville’s Third Man Records. Their set is now receiving a vinyl release through the label’s ongoing Live at Third Man Records series. The album is out December 9 and includes songs from their latest release, this......

Deafheaven just wrapped up a tour with Carcass and Inter Arma that also included some stops with Slipknot. Now, the California black metal band have announced a 2017 U.S. tour. Following a pair of January shows with HEALTH, they’ll tour with This......

The 12th annual Pitchfork Music Festival will take place July 14-16, returning to Chicago’s Union Park. Limited early bird tickets for the 2017 edition of the festival are available now, at the special holiday price of $140 for a three-day pass.......

Last year, FKA twigs held a week-long residency called Soundtrack 7 in Manchester, as part of the city’s International Festival. That performance, described as an “abstract autobiographical piece,” has been turned into a short film. Watch a preview......

Welcome to The Velodrome.
Gizzfest wriggles its way into Coburg this Saturday, for all you reptile lovers and music fans.
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard will be flanked by Pond, White Fence, The Murlocs, Mild High Club, Stonefield, Orb, Jaala,......

Tanya Tagaq is threatening to turn into one of the most peculiar and uncompromising mainstream success stories Canadian music has ever known.
Although she previously graduated from the experimental fringe to a semblance of national prominence after......

Whether it's a gala event, a once-in-a-lifetime concert or a hidden gem of a play, we're here to up your cultural (and fun) IQ. Here are top picks for your cultural calendar for the coming week, the coming month and beyond.
Photo by Jim Prisching......

...and VIP passes to 2017's Riot Fest weekend will be available Tuesday starting at 10 a.m. as part of a holiday presale. The limited number of available passes start at $129.98.
Riot Fest will return to Douglas Park for its third year Sept.......

Pitchfork Music Festival will return in 2017! Today we are happy to announce that next year’s fest will take place July 14-16 in Chicago’s Union Park. Your first chance to buy tickets will be this coming Monday, November 28, when we’ll have an......

Fans say Britney Spears' new music video is the 'lesbian fantasy' they didn't know they needed
There’ll be songs you will hear throughout the week (now), songs from up and coming artists (new) and songs from artists you may never heard of......

The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced the full list of artists for the 2017 Whitney Biennial exhibition. It includes Kamasi Washington, as well as the art collective GCC, which features Fatima Al Qadiri. The exhibition opens on March 17......

...sewing, minor carpentry, or just have a flair for helping and smiling....we would really appreciate your help to get the bar finished for new year's. We'll be working Dec 27-31 and if you have time and energy and desire, just send me a text......

Pissed Jeans have announced Why Love Now, the follow-up to 2013’s Honeys. It’s out February 24 via Sub Pop. Why Love Now was produced by Lydia Lunch and Arthur Rizk (of Sumerlands) and features contributions from author Lindsay Hunter, delivering a......

Ty Segall has announced a new self-titled album. Ty Segall marks the prolific artist’s ninth studio record (his debut record from 2008 was also called Ty Segall) and it’s out January 27 via Drag City. Segall has also shared the album’s lead single;......

Courts’ Austin Brown revealed plans to release a collaborative 12” single with UGK rapper Bun B, featuring his remix of the band’s Human Performancetrack “Captive of the Sun.” The single will be released February 17 on Rough Trade, it was......

Fleet Foxes have been hinting at new material for months, confirming yesterday that their first album since 2011’s Helplessness Blues is “alllllmost done.” Now, they’ve revealed what will be their first live date in 5 years, at BBK Live festival in......

Tyler, the Creator has shared the trailer for a new documentary about the making of his 2015 record Cherry Bomb. It features appearances from Kanye West, Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell, Schoolboy Q, the Internet’s Syd, Kali Uchis, and more. In it,......

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums and......

Patrick Blades:
Although Ellery’s Lament seems to foretell of an impending doom, the band’s message is more about finding some solace amongst the turmoil and he wanted to reflect this in the visuals which were partly Inspired by Edward Burtynsky’s......

Kendrick Lamar and Shaquille O'Neal star in a trio of new ads for American Express’ “Shop Small” campaign. The commercials depict the pair shopping for artisanal soap at Los Angeles’ Soaptopia. They excitedly peruse items in the store, breathe in the......

Earlier this year, Buenos Aires officials banned electronic music festivals after five people died at the Argentinian edition of Time Warp. Now, a Kraftwerk concert scheduled to take place in the city this month has been denied a permit, Clarín......

Sometime in the 1800s American philosopher Elbert Hubbard cast the first stone at haters: “To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” The Drones know the fearless are peerless, their seventh album, Feelin’ Kinda Free, makes we the......

Barker. Mensa was also joined on stage by a crew of dancers dressed as police in riot gear, who he struggles against near the end of the song. Near the end of the performance, Mensa abruptly stopped short to monologue.
“I'm a young black man from......

...to his SoundCloud, recorded at Far Away’s monthly party in Los Angeles. Kieran Hebden played from open to close, and was the only DJ of the night. Listen to the mix below. Four Tet’s last studio album, Morning/Evening, was released last summer.......

Four years ago, a mysterious R&B group suddenly appeared out of thin air to woo and capture the hearts of music journalists everywhere. A few months later, in 2013, they released their debut LP, Woman, and there was hardly a soul unmoved or a libido......

It’s the day before Election Day, and Grimes has released a video in support of Hillary Clinton that recreates a famous attack ad run during the 1964 presidential election. In it, a little girl picks pedals off a daisy before a nuclear bomb explodes.......

The jazz life is not one geared toward retirement. Despite such occupational hazards as late nights and travel often best described as barebones, elder statesmen continue to do good work in and out of town. But few are as enduring as saxophonist......

...hold its own as art. Uncut declared "No Manchester" a "delightful, horn-infused love letter to Morrissey's best solo work." The group is led by Mexican Institute of Sound's Camilo Lara and Tucson bandleader Sergio Mendoza (Orkesta......

Chaz Bundick (aka Toro Y Moi) has announced a new collaborative album with the Mattson 2–identical twins Jared (guitar) and Jonathan (drums), who were on Bundick’s Live From Trona. Appropriately, it’s called Chaz Bundick Meets the Mattson 2, and it’s......